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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael E. Murphy, Dexter, MI (US);
Lawrence J. Tucker, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Assignee:
Design & Test Technology, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/102 ; G11B 5/584 ; G11B 5/09 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/102 ; G11B 5/584 ; G11B 5/09 ;
Abstract
A head for writing a plurality of bands. The bands have magnetic transitions onto a magnetic media ( ). The magnetic media ( ) travels in a preselected direction. The head includes a body support structure ( ) and a plurality of write elements ( ). The write elements ( ) have a fixed alignment in the body support structure ( ) that is substantially perpendicular relative to the travel direction of the magnetic media ( ).